As I mentioned in the other thread when discussing the internal cap and Weber, bouwmeester is exactly the type of player Gillis WOULD NOT waive the internal cap stuff for. Quite honestly I think bouwmeester would be hard pressed to be anymore than the #4 on the blueline right now when all is said and done. I don't think he is hands down better than any of the current top 4 to be honest. Perhaps Bieksa but Bieksa has so much more snarl and a better offensive game any defensive deficiency compared to Boumeester likely makes things a wash. Edler has a much better offensive game. hamhuis and Garrison I thik are as good as Bouwmeester is defensively and likely better when you realize they aren't scared of going into the corners.

Now if Nashville would be happy in receiving Bouwmeester for a Shea Weber who wants to play in Vancouver I have a different take on such a proposal. can you imagine the howls of disappointment from the fans in Nashville when the Shea Weber replacement is Bouwmeester? Weber would throw more weight around in one game than Bouwmeester does for the entire year.

As a fellow Canadian I am a little concerned that the inbreds are huffing gas in record numbers. Those oilsands are vital to this country yet these fuckers seem to want to go through life high as a kite.

Bartschi might be a nice young player but I would take all four of the Oilers young bucks over him any day of the week and it isn't even close.

As a fellow Canadian I am a little concerned that the inbreds are huffing gas in record numbers. Those oilsands are vital to this country yet these fuckers seem to want to go through life high as a kite.

Bartschi might be a nice young player but I would take all four of the Oilers young bucks over him any day of the week and it isn't even close.

I see there's a poster calling himself " Bingo Jr " .

Which one of you smartasses is that ??

Bingo Jr is exactly what his name infers. I hear he looks a lot like one of the Sutters.

So the Flames players have all decided to drop out of the Flames annual charity golf game citing CBA meetings in New York this weekend. The problem is that they're all not going to NY this weekend. No one on the leadership group has made a public comment and the situation is receiving a ton of bad press. And low and behold the critters on CowPuke get it. They are pretty steamed at the players right now for pulling this stunt and are particularity pissed at Iginla for his silence on the issue.

Of course the losers are the charity holders who depend upon this event each year to raise a significant amount of cash. Seems to me some players are going about the PR war the wrong way.

That's pretty sad considering a good majority of the Canucks can manage to attend their organizations annual golf tourney, including Luongo who had to fly from Florida where he was doing skating sessions.